Our columnist reports back from the French wine-making regions of Burgundy and Champagne. Sorry, Maine, we’re not there yet.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine, News
The Quarry seemed like an improbable Beard Award winner, unless you’ve met Marilou Ranta
Since winning the prestigious award for Outstanding Hospitality in May, the tireless chef/owner of the Monson restaurant continues to prove why she’s deserving of an onslaught of new customers.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Home Plates: The Whatever School of Cooking
Cape Elizabeth resident Elaine Kahaner believes if you can read, you can cook.
Posted inHealth, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Maine fathers form support groups after losing children to stillbirths
The Sad Dads Club has grown into a global community with members from Maine to California, helping parents through their grief while honoring the memories of their children.
Posted inOn this date
Nov. 26, 1982: State keeping a close eye on acid rain, pint-sized pilgrims celebrate Thanksgiving at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church in Augusta, and the firewood business is still smoldering in Maine
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inOn this date
Nov. 25, 1995: Bingham church buries time capsule to be opened in 2095, police say Sidney teen drove drunk, and state’s largest turkey farm in New Sharon getting ready for busy season
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inFood & Dining, Nation & World
Your Thanksgiving leftovers are good in the fridge up to 4 days; don’t let it go to waste
Don’t automatically assume a date label on food has to do with safety. (Also: Don’t forget to freeze your leftover stuffing and pie.)
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Narrow Seas’ and ‘When the Island Had Fish’
The 11th volume in Harpswell author James Nelson’s magnificent “Norsemen Saga,” and author and essayist Janna Malamud Smith’s fascinating study of Vinalhaven
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Nov. 24, 2002: Friends, family help pay the bills for a Richmond woman’s new kidney, Maine native Joyce Chiittick hits Broadway in NYC, and it’s all about cheeseburgers for J.P. Devine
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Miracle on 34th Street’ is a Thanksgiving 1947 gift
George Seaton’s “Miracle on 34th Street” is a miracle on its own, and we’re talking about it today because this is Thanksgiving Day’s special review, as there will be no newspaper on Thanksgiving. Here, at the end of November, when hundreds of Christmas movies are opening or streaming on our living room screens as turkey […]